Resilient wheel.



R. E. ELLIS.

RESILIBNT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILE 1911. 1,014,644, Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

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RESILIENT WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Jan. 16,1912.

Application filed April 29, 1911,." Serial No; 624,085.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT Enwoon EL- LIS, a subject of the King of the.United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at Riddrie,Glasgow, Scotland, have invented a certain new'and useful Improvement inResilient Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in resilient wheels for motorcars and other vehicles and it consists in the combination of partshereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of part of theimproved construction ofv resilient wheel with one of the cheek platesremoved: Figs. 2, 3 and4 are cross sections, on an enlarged. scale, onthe lines w-w, 3 y and az, respectively, Fig. 1,

Referring to the drawings, the wheel comprises an inner wheel member orfelly A of suitable material and an outer independent metallic or otherrigid rim B preferably fitted with a tread of rubber or other mate-'rial. The inner wheel member A has connected to it cheek plates C, C toprevent lateral displacement of the rim B. The

late C is detachably secured by-means of olts C so as to permit the rimB and relative parts to be readily removed when desired. Between the rimof the wheel member A and the outer rim Bis arranged an endless band D,preferably made of steel, said band being under tension and beingsupported at intervals by means of supporting members E disposed on theperiphery of the wheel member A, while supporting members F, which aredisposed on the inner pcriphery of the rim Band are arranged midwaybetween the bracket members E, rest on said band D, and thus support themm B. Each of the members F has a slot, open at one side, which slotloosely receives theresilient band D. The 0 en slots in the members Fpermit the ban. D to be entered laterally into said members and alsopermit the separable rim B, with its attached tire,

to be readily removed when the cheek plate.

- is taken 011', without disturbing said band.

By preference, the supporting members F are adapted to engage both theouter and inner faces of the band D but are not rigidly attachedthereto, a certain amount of -verti-' cal movement being permittedwhile. the

Wheel is running. The tension of said band.

D may be regulated as by means of the slotted head of a bolt G engagingthe band, said bolt, which is engaged by a nut G being disposedbetweentwo of the bracket members E, as at E Fig. 1, and being.

passed through the rim of the wheel A,

Should the band D break, the inner wheel or felly A will rotate untilthe supporting members E and F, which are of tapered like formation,engage with each other 1n wedgelike fashion, whereby the rim B is maintained equidistant from the center of thewheel, and a solid wheel effectis obtained.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat.- ent of the'United States is 1. A resilient wheelcomprising, in combination, an inner wheel member or felly, a separableouter rimencircling said wheel member or felly, supporting members onsaid inner wheel member or felly, sup orting members on said outer rim,each 0 said last mentioned supporting members. having a slot open at oneside, and a-resilient end-' less band engaging'both sets of saidsupporting members and adapted to be entered laterally into said slots,substantially as described; 1

2. A 'resilent wheel comprising, in combination, an inner wheel memberor telly, a

member or .felly, supporting members 'on said innerwheel member orfelly, su port'- mg members on said outer rlm, eac sup porting member onthe outer rim having a slot open at oneside, a metallic endless bandunder tension adapted to be entered laterally into said slots, and meansfor regulating the tension of said endless band-,- su-bstantlally asdescribed.

.Ih testimony whereof I have signed my name to'this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses..

'. ROBERT 'ELWOOD ELLIS.

Witnesses:

WALLACE FAIRWEATHEB,

'Jomw MCCLEARY.

